perches

In some manakins (Pipridae), the males have evolved several mechanisms for mechanical sound production, including mechanisms for stridulation not unlike those found in some insects.Song is usually delivered from prominent perches, although some species may sing when flying.The production of sounds by mechanical means as opposed to the use of the syrinx has been termed variously instrumental music by Charles Darwin, mechanical sounds and more recently sonation.…

The game is typically played over a number of rounds, decided in advance by the players.Players start the game by placing the board between them showing all the perches.Each player shuffles a set of cards (birds featuring the numbers 1-12 and a Jaguar) to create their deck.…

Look at the Perches -- not that I care what name you call them.Cited from If Winter Comes, by A.S.M. Hutchinson

Feed is provided in feeders outside the cage, although in some designs there may be internal feeders or a combination of the two.Perches in some designs are raised and in others are at floor level.…

This "double tooth" gave rise not only to the common name of one species but to the specific epithets bidentatus and diodon.Both like rather high perches in trees and sometimes soar above the forest.Harpagus was the Greek name of a Median general.…

The lesser fish eagle feeds primarily on fish, which it snatches from the water as it observes them from above on a perch, which may be an overhanging tree or rock in the middle of a stream.They have several personal perches that they often switch between throughout their feeding time.As their diet is primarily fish, lesser fish eagles have large, curved talons specialized for catching fish and taking them from the water.…

This martin feeds in flocks throughout the year, catching a variety of insects in the air, especially flying ants.It does not use perches during the breeding season, although it will often land on the ground.The African river martin nests in burrows in river sand banks, often alongside rosy bee-eaters, but its incubation and fledging times are not known.…

If you alarm them while feeding on the ground in winter, supposing you have not got a gun, they merely rise up to the nearest tree, and it may then be observed that they do this in pairs.One perches on a branch and a second comes to him.When February arrives, and they resort to the nests to look after or seize on the property there, they are in fact already paired, though the almanacs put down St. Valentine's day as the date of courtship.…Cited from The Open Air, by Richard Jefferies

This is basically a "practice" round before the big day.Two perches are placed side by side for the competition.…

All they know of them is what they see, when these great birds descend upon the plateaux, or inhabited mountain-valleys, in search of food -- which they do only in the mornings and evenings.During mid-day the condor usually perches upon some high rock, and there goes to sleep.When pressed by hunger, they sometimes extend their range down to the hot coast lands of the Pacific Ocean; but they are evidently birds that can bear cold much better than heat.…Cited from The Boy Hunters, by Captain Mayne Reid

Mews chambers can be as small as but are frequently much larger, often occupying as much space as a small house and sometimes reaching as high as three storeys.Birds are allowed to fly free within the chamber, and very often can choose between a number of perches.…

The species is found in open woodland, scrub, and cultivation.It usually sits on the ground or low trees and is not found on high perches.The species is found from northwestern India and adjoining parts of Pakistan but not found in the arid desert region.…

The rhinoceros-bird is a little thing which never deserts the mighty beast.It perches upon his head or back, and flutters about him, and makes of him its world.To the rhinoceros-bird the rhinoceros is all there is of earth.…Cited from A Man and a Woman, by Stanley Waterloo

Each player shuffles a set of cards (birds featuring the numbers 1-12 and a Jaguar) to create their deck.On a player's turn, they draw a card and place it on one of the perches face-down.If the opposing player already has a card on that perch, a battle occurs, with the player playing the card being of aggressor.…

If disturbed, it remains motionless, relying on its cryptic colouration to provide camouflage.It perches on low trees and plants at night, when it is most easily spotted.…

Often they roosting during the day on branches on tall, open trees, often while still holding the prey caught the prior night.Several perches are used and may be occupied intermittently for several years at a time.The powerful owl typically flys in a slow and deliberate way on its large wings.…

While it is generally active, in the early morning it will often sit still on high perches for long periods of time.Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, the yellow-faced honeyeater is thought to have adapted for a mixed diet.…

On his left is a man with a sword; a snake or serpent coils around the blade.On his right is a man with a sword, on which a bird perches.A winged dragon with coiled tail and pointed tongue stands in the foreground.…

Another hypothesis takes the name literally: the gate would originally have been some kind of bird perch.This is based on the religious use of bird perches in Asia.…

At dusk, the owl utters a few calls before flying to a more open sing-post, i.e. large bare branch or large rocks to deliver song.Normally several perches are used to mark occupied territory or to attract a female.Despite its camouflage and cryptic locations, this species can still sometimes be spotted on its daytime roosts, especially by American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos).…